Chapter 284： Preparation (4)

"This is absolutely not possible. Our ammunition is not enough, and you should see that the 80,000 tons of ammunition we provide per month is already at the limit."

Negotiations are still going on. It was the French Secretary of the Army Paul Penrewe who said this. He refused to ask the Romanian Lions to demand 250,000 tons of ammunition every month. In his words, if he agreed to Romania's request, then the French army would not have to fight.

The answer to the minister was Major General Dotov, the representative of the Romanian military, and the major general spoke. "Minister Penrewe, of course we understand the pressure on the Western Front better, but we also hope that you can see the plight of our Romania. We are facing a state of being surrounded by the Allies. Except facing the Black Sea, we are in every aspect. The enemy. And we also have to prevent attacks from the Black Sea, which is too stressful for us, and we don’t have enough ammunition at all."

Speaking of this, Major General Dotov made an ambush and continued. "Our Romanian military currently only reserves one million tons of ammunition, which is not enough to fight for three months based on the current intensity of the Western Front."

"But you can't reach the intensity of the Western Front."

Seeing that Major General Dotov has a tendency to be more miserable, Admiral Petain, who has served as the commander-in-chief of the French army, spoke out the difference. This negotiation was initiated by Petain and he is now very interested in every job that can relieve the pressure on the French army. He saw too many casualties in the Battle of Verdun, and the cost of each division was calculated by the hour. Therefore, after Petain took over the post of commander-in-chief, he showed great enthusiasm for finding reinforcements and allowing the British to take over the defense of more important areas. At present, it seems that his performance is very good. The British army has taken over many important positions. For example, the Somme area was completely accepted by the British army.

"Yes, Lord Admiral. But we can fight in three directions and we can last for up to five months."

Facing Petain’s point out the difference, Major General Dotov generously admitted. "But I believe you didn't let us join the camp just for the Romanian defensive front?"

In the face of this eloquent Romanian military representative, the French Secretary of the Army Paul Penrewe immediately took the conversation. "Of course not. We also hope that the Romanian army can fight bravely and well and make greater contributions to defeating the evil Germany and Austria, but we really can't do it with your ammunition requirements."

Major General Dotov asked after thinking about it. "Then how many materials and ammunition can you give?"

After hearing what Major General Dotov said, Minister Penrewe and Admiral Betan talked about it quietly. "We can only give up to 100,000 tons of materials and ammunition per month. If this does not meet your requirements, then you can choose to defend against the attacks of the Allies."

Major General Dotov heard the amount of supplies given by the Allied Powers, and said after thinking about it for a while. "Then do it according to this number."

After Romania and the Allies negotiated the aid of military supplies, now there is only one last issue that needs to be resolved, and that is Bulgaria, which lies between the two sides. As a sole proprietor of the Southern Front Allied forces, Bulgaria has now mobilized no less than a million people, which is regarded as a nationwide soldier for Bulgaria, which has a population of only 5 million. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers mobilized, a mobilization rate of more than 20% is considered to be the first among the participating countries. However, the domestic situation in Bulgaria, which has mobilized such forces, is not very good. Too many people have joined the army and failed to produce. This has caused Bulgaria's crops to fail year after year in the past two years, and domestic dissatisfaction has intensified.

When talking about coordinated operations in Bulgaria, Major General Dotov immediately asked about the topic Romania is most concerned about. "According to our proposal for coordinated operations between the two sides, our attack on Bulgaria requires your army in Greece to contain it first. I don't know how long you can contain it?"

Facing Major General Dotov’s question, Admiral Bethan immediately took over the topic. "Our army in Greece is no stronger than that in Bulgaria. We have to know that there are 460,000 soldiers facing us in Thessaloniki, and there are 250,000 second-line troops in Seré, Drama and other places behind it. And we There are only 430,000 troops in Greece, and it is completely impossible to fight past."

"Your Excellency Petain, those second-tier Bulgarian troops are actually totally unconcerned. The weapons they are equipped with are 30 to 40 years old and the artillery is mostly old-fashioned artillery. There are also many bronze guns. I don’t think you need them Mindful.” Major General Dotov said another topic at the same time. "And your strength in Greece is no less than that in Bulgaria."

Facing the topic suddenly raised by Major General Dotov, Admiral Petain shook his head and spoke. "I have calculated accurately, we only have so many local troops."

Facing Petain, Major General Dotov said, "Your Excellency, you still have an army on the Greek land, and they have been here for two years."

When facing Dotov, Bethan immediately remembered that Romania wanted the Serbian army to join the attack on Thessaloniki. In fact, after two years of training in Greece for the defeated army in Serbia, this army was only 160,000 left, but now it has 180,000. Britain and France had fought their idea more than once, but they were all rejected by the Serbs. They only participated in the battle to restore the country. This gave Britain and France a great headache for this, and now Major General Dotov's mention makes Petain quite heart-warming.

Betain immediately began to think about the use of this Serbian army As for its reason for participating in the war for the restoration of the country, Betain totally ignored it. There is nothing more important than reducing the French army. In his opinion, this is just an excuse. If it weren't for the attitude of Russia, the British and French used their great efforts to rectify them. These Serbian troops have no excuses for saying otherwise. Now that the Romanian representative has spotted 180,000 Serbian troops, they have no reason to refuse, unless they do not want to share their share after the war.

But Major General Dotov apparently not only surprised Petain, he also surprised Belfort. "And I think the ANZAC in Egypt can actually join the European battlefield, taking the lead in defeating Bulgaria and then defeating the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is much more useful than in the Middle East."

The ANZAC referred to by Dotov is the main force of the British army in Egypt. This army that has already captured Jerusalem is also called the Oceanian Corps because most of its soldiers are from Australia and New Zealand. Now Romania has got their idea, which also makes the Foreign Secretary Belfort a bit at a loss who has not spoken at the beginning.

His mind was still a little confused, he said. "I didn't bring military personnel this time, so I can't answer your question."

Seeing the departure of the British negotiators, the French representatives who have gained a lot from this negotiation also left. It seems that they have to take time to consider Romania’s proposal. Only the Romanian himself was left in the room.

Barnosk, who was the negotiator at this time, stepped forward and patted Major General Dotov on the shoulder and said. "Major General, your proposal is really good."